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Your Questions About Low Thyroid Levels

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Lisa asks…

What happens if you have low thyroid levels?

I took a blood test and it turns out I have low thyroid levels what that about.. please help me!

Thyroid Foods answers:

Other common symptoms of problem with thyroid due to low thyroid or hypothyroidism are:
• Fatigue and weakness
• Low basal temperature ( cold intolerance)
• Dry and coarse skin
• Hair loss
• Cold hands and feet
• Weight gain
• Insomnia
• Constipation
• Depression
• Poor memory, forgetfulness, dementia
• Nervousness and tremors
• Immune system problems
• Heavy menstrual periods

“about 13 million Americans experience one or more of the symptoms of problem with thyroid. The function of the thyroid gland is to regulate the speed of the body’s metabolism. In other words, this gland converts the food we eat into energy for the body.”

Lizzie asks…

Can low thyroid levels result in fainting?

My blood pressure is low and randomly drops very low. I am on thyroid medication, but my levels are all still very low. I recently passed out from one of these episodes.

Thyroid Foods answers:

Yep – in a couple of different ways you can end up fainting due to low production of your thyroid. Certainly if your blood pressure randomly drops off – particularly if it occurs during or immediately after physical exertion is the most common way. Basically, the velocity of your blood through your body slows down with low pressure, the oxygen content in your blood drops off and if that happens when you need more oxygen to your body, then off you can go.

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Laura asks…

What does a high ratio of FSH/LH and low thyroid levels mean for a teenager?

What does it mean if the FSH LH ratio is high and the thyroid levels are low for a 14 year old?
What are the symptoms, treatments and anything else?
Thanks

Thyroid Foods answers:

FSH ( Follicle Stimulating Hormone) LH ( Lutenizing Hormone). FSH stimulates follicles in the ovaries to grow and secrete estrogens. LH stimulates the ovarian follicle and ovum to develop to maturity and secrete estrogens. It means you’re hitting puberty. Low thyroid levels ( hypothyroidism) shouldnt be an issue at this age, unless it is congenitial (happened at birth), but the symptoms of hypothyroidism are Nervousness, tremors,insomnia, weight loss, menstrual irregularities, leg cramps, fever, heart rhythm abnormailites ( dysrhythmias), hair loss, enlarged facial features. It’s treated with drugs like Levothyroxine, Liothyronine.

Ruth asks…

If you have low Thyroid levels, do you have to take the medicine forever?

Or is there a chance that it will fix itself over time? I’m new to all this Thyroid stuff, My T4 levels were really low and I’m on medicine for it, will I have to take it forever?
Whats a theraputic dose?

Thyroid Foods answers:

Yes.
1] thyroid levels do not normally improve on their own
2] you will feel a LOT better when you get to a therapeutic dose

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There are many reasons why the thyroid gland sometimes does not make enough thyroid hormones.

■ Autoimmune disease.

Our immune system protects our bodies from infections and can mistake thyroid gland cells for “dangerous invaders” and attack them. Then, there isn’t enough thyroid cells enzymes left to make thyroid hormone.

■ Surgery on the thyroid gland

Some people with thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, or Graves’ disease need to have part or all of their thyroid removed. When the whole thyroid is removed, people
will have hypothyroidism.

■ Radiation treatment

■ Congenital hypothyroidism
A few babies are born without a thyroid or with only a partly formed one.
A few have part or all of their thyroid in the wrong place (ectopic thyroid).
In some babies, the thyroid cells or their enzymes don’t work right.

■ Thyroiditis

Thyroiditis is when the thyroid gland is inflated , usually caused by an autoimmune attack or by a viral infection.

■ Medicines

Some medicines ( amiodarone, lithium, interferon alpha, and interleukin-2 ) can interfere with normal thyroid gland activity.

■ Too much or too little iodine

The thyroid gland must have iodine to make thyroid hormone. Iodine comes into the body in food and travels through the blood to the thyroid.

■ Damage to the pituitary gland

The pituitary gland can be damaged by radiation, surgery or a tumor and it may not be able to “tell” the thyroid gland how much hormone to make.

■ Rare disorders

ex : amyloidosis,  sarcoidosis, hemochromatosis
Sometimes other diseases deposit abnormal substances in the thyroid and impair its ability to function

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